Adam Rogalewski’s Post

Spent the last two days at ‘Where Connection creates change’, the annual performing arts forum https://lnkd.in/gdZwXT4X (previously The Theatre Forum). There are many issues around spaces to create that are unique to this sector. By space I mean head space, artistic space, time space, safe spaces, affordable spaces….the list goes on. In tandem with this, there are the wider issues of housing, regular wages, and international events that impact all business and social sectors. The space to speak is most important, and perhaps the performing arts in each country, are a good measure of the level of any subtle erosions of spaces to speak and express ourselves. Local and European Elections are coming up, whatever your experience, opinion or other, make sure you use your vote to express yourself. #sligogathering @Performing Arts Forum

Should the Arts Sector be a delivery agent for the new government's 5 Missions (see below)? That appears to be what Arts Council England is positioning the sector as. I believe such a strategy involves big risks: An "Instrumentalist" approach (where art only exists to serve a (political) purpose) risks replacing the principle of arms-length funding with vassal funding. Were that to happen, artists become delivery agents of the state, and audiences become whomsoever the government wants them to be. At this transformative moment in UK history, doesn't the sector more than ever need strong voices advocating for artistic freedom, and for excellence being the driver of new audiences? * The 5 missions are: Kickstart economic growth, Make Britain a clean energy superpower, Reduce violent crime, Reform childcare & education, and Fix the NHS.

“Theatre is the essential artform of democracy.” See how CSU students and staff are using the stage to engage societal challenges and democracy. https://lnkd.in/gAgU5SvM #YearofDemocracy #LiberalArts #CSU #Dialogue #Democracy #GoRams

#Series and #telenovelas can shape our understanding of the past - on a national and international level. How do we investigate this topic? Find out in our new video “The impact of telenovelas & series on our memories - the Colombian Palace of Justice”, where we show you our research methods. Using a concrete historical example, such as the Palace of Justice siege and its counterattack on 6 and 7 November 1985 in Bogotá, Colombia and the representations in series such as #Narcos (Netflix, 2015-2017), #PabloEscobarElPatróndelMal” (Caracoltv, 2012) and #ElGeneralNaranajo (#FoxTelecolombia 2019-2020), the video shows how we approach the research question and what role the individual narratives play in this. More information on this research will soon be available in the book ‘Latin America's Contested Pasts in Telenovelas. History as Fuel for Entertainment", which will be published by #DeGruyter. Stay tuned! The video also features excerpts from the event of knowledge transfer ‘Media and political education: a dialogue between Colombia and Germany. The Palace of Justice siege and its counterattack’, an activity we organized together with the #InstitutoCAPAZ and the #JustusLiebigUniversität in the #DeutscheKinemathek. Did you know, that the video is part of the transfer and research activities in the sense of science communication, so that knowledge not only remains in a scientific article, but is also communicated and disseminated in other ways? Subtitles available in English, German and Spanish. https://lnkd.in/eHZgANKU

Since the confinement imposed to contain the spread of Covid-19, the Irish population seems to have turned in on itself or, at the very least, no longer frequent the cultural places it used to. This has been observed by the cultural players I've met, particularly in the world of art galleries, which don't get the same media coverage as music or literature. Nevertheless, everyone is trying to reactivate cultural life, following the example of the CAGA - Contemporary Art Galleries Association - whose role is to exhibit and promote their artists to the widest possible audience. And for the second year running, the CAGA is staging a major event in its galleries this November, inviting Dubliners to openings, exhibitions, workshops, documentary screenings and discussions with the artists over the course of 3 days - a veritable artistic marathon. One of the declared aims of this event is to bring back regular visitors, but also to introduce the galleries and contemporary art to non-experts of all ages - creative workshops have been organised in the galleries for children - and to show that the galleries are open to all, and that it is possible to walk through the doors to acquire a work as much as for the sheer pleasure of discovering them and the artists.  Meeting the artist, having a direct relationship with the work, is an important and irreplaceable experience that demystifies a place and a practice that are no longer reserved for an elite. The act of buying a work is a non-compulsory step that depends on the intimate relationship we have with art in general and with the work and the artist in particular.  This is what CAGA is trying to achieve by opening wide the doors of contemporary art galleries. Click on the link in my portfolio to see my visual report: https://lnkd.in/eEdddbWn

My final column for the Standard (more on that 'final' soon) - we've got to fight for our right to cuuuuultuuuuure https://lnkd.in/epCpWWsV

I'm leaving on a jet plane .......................... don't know when I'll be back again. Leaving the NHS for 10 days to work in Singapore. Great to be with colleagues from Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) launching the Intercontinental Alliance for Integrated Care a new global learning network looking at Ageing and Integration. I'll also be attending the second Asia Pacific Social Prescribing Conferance with colleagues from SingHealth . I've been reflecting on the current state of the NHS and colleagues who may be leaving. Many GPs of my age are leaving the NHS and like the song they are torn to be leaving the NHS but life outside is more attractive. GP Retention is an urgent issue as highlighted by the Royal College of General Practitioners with the current workforce plan for General Practice looking bleak over coming years. This editorial in the BMJ refers to a paper linking retention of acute staff doctors and nurses to mortality but also recognises the importance of continuity in General Practice and retaining the workforce. https://lnkd.in/e2-hJfti We need some urgent action to recruit new GPs and to retain others. Improved working conditions flexiblity in hours and specific programmes are needed urgently as part of the solutions to fix the NHS. In order to deliver the 3 government shifts we need GPs to stay and not to shift ! So I shall be back again returning to the NHS in 10 days time but how can we keep more GPs in the NHS. What are your solutions?

The *𝙾𝚁𝙵 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚃𝙾𝙿𝙾𝚂* ran a 📰 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙧𝙗𝙖𝙣-𝙧𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚 among young people, migration from rural areas, population ageing, competition between municipalities, reasons to leave cities again and similar.... Birgit Aigner-Walder from the IARA scientific management team was interviewed for the report and says, among other things:   🎤 … “𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭, 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦.” 🗺️   💡 … “𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.” … The fact that it is primarily young people who move away due to 🎓 education and jobs is "𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮".   Read more on topos.orf.at (in German) ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gd4e5fZM     #RuralAreas #Cities #PopulationDevelopment #InternalMigration #PopulationAgeing #iaraFHkaernten Carinthia University of Applied Sciences / Fachhochschule Kärnten

In recent days, many of us have questioned our travel plans and events, checked in with colleagues and friends, and second-guessed where we go and what we do—all while trying to avoid violence and verbal abuse. The mental load is considerable. Even when the initial burst of protests and demonstrations subsides, we continue to worry about the coming months. We ask ourselves: Which events require late-night travel? Which take us to isolated places or recent 'hotspots' of unrest? This mental load is something that people of Black and Asian backgrounds face every day, both in their personal and professional lives. These calculations are not new to us—they are part of our daily reality. I hope that the occasional spotlight on these issues doesn't fade with the next news cycle. We must strive to build a society where people of all backgrounds, religions, and colors can live and work in safety and harmony. Archana Shastri Pravinder Singh